Skadamo # 7 Duck Duck Goose!

Today's sketch of the day: Duck duck GOOSE! 

sketch

Inspired by:

Lane Smith and Jon Scieszka from The Stinky Cheeseman.

Beatrix Potter from Aunt Jemima Puddle Duck

Skadmo # 6 Beeeee Yourself #2

Inspired by this show I watched today, The Voice!

Skadamo # 5 Capy Birthday!

Skadamo Sketch of the Day! Another Birthday, you say? Why, yes! My lovely husband Chris's Birthday is today and he requested a capybara reading and smoking a pipe. I added the scottish part. Capy Birthday, love!

Skadamo #4 Happy Birthday Mom!

Here is my skadamo sketch of the day for my mom, it is her birthday, and she recently moved to the middle of town from living out in the middle of nowhere most of her life, how exciting! So here is a sketch and a silly little poem about it:

Mother, Mother 

you are so grand

moving to a whole

new land

away from the quiet countryside

to the rustle bustle of 

town life

Happy, happy you will be

so much to do, so much to see!

Skadamo #3 Sunday Sketch Day!

 Today was a great day to sketch though I woke up at 5 and only got about 4 hours of sleep I felt fine! Silly daylight savings time! I spent the day working on a project, but am not able to post the pictures now. So, here are a couple of warm-up sketches of my little guy, Darwin sleeping.

Skadamo #2 Color Study for Digital Painting Class

Well I am still in the computer lab at Laguna College of Art and Design after auditing the digital painting class since my computer at home is not working and have been working on the new assignment, which is a color study. I am not quite sure if I did it right, we were supposed to copy the picture only in black and white, and then add color on top of the value layer. Next step to this exercise is to apply this type of color/value studied to my own sketch. Once I figure out exactly how this works, it is going to be a very efficient way to work! That is the one thing that I have been learning in this class, is how to simplify effectively, which is necessary if you have a short deadline but also can be difficult so I am glad I am practicing! I am doing this color study on artist Todd Harris (link) whom was used as a fantastic example of an artist that uses color effectively. 

In-Progress Color Study of Todd Harris

More Work by Todd Harris

There is an interview with Todd Harris here along with interviews on other artists:
http://uberartists.blogspot.com/2011/08/todd-harris-blog-httphog-heaven.html

Now, time for a late late dinner!

Monthly Commitments

Hooray!
It's time for skaDaMo (sketch a day month) AND NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month)!!

Last Year I did PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) but this time I need to keep discipline on sketching, and start to possibly write to expand on those ideas, or write to practice writing (No matter how exhausted I am like right now!)

Here is my sort of messy charcoal sketch for Halloween:

Pit-ter Pat-ter 

feet-a-clatter 

down the hallo

path of treats and

shadows

surprized to find 

a wizard passing out....

real stars!